Tie and rail fastener



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB SCOTT FLEGAL, OF OLEARFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,828, dated November. 30,1897.

Application filed May 6, 1897. Serial No. 635,382. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAooB SCOTT FLEGAL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clearfield, in the county of Clearfield and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie and Rail Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to a combinationtie and rail fastener, and the object is to pro Vide a simple, durable, and inexpensive tie which may be manufactured at a small cost.

With this object in view the invention consists of certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved tie and rail fastener. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through one end of the same, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional View through said end.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the base of a metallic tie. 2 denotes metallic blocks at the ends of the tie, and these blocks are provided with grooves 3 in their sides and have pins 4, which project downwardly through holes 5 in the ties. Bolts 6 are used for clamping the blocks to the ties. I 1

7 denotes a rail chair or support, which is provided with lateral flanges 8, that take into the longitudinal grooves in the sides of the blocks. This chair is held in its desired position by means of a pin 9, whichprojects into a hole or socket 10, formed in the blocks.

11 denotes clamps which are bolted to the chair 7 and which are adapted to clamp the base of the rail to the chair. These bolts have nuts 12, which are securely held on the bolts by keys 13, f itting in the longitudinal grooves 14, cut in the thread of the bolts.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and advantages of a tie thus described will be apparent without further explanation.

Having thus fully described my invention, what. I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

'The combination of a metallic tie having holes near itsends, blocks having pins at their inner ends which project through the holes in the ties, bolts for securing the outer ends of the blocks to the ties, said blocks being provided with longitudinal grooves in their sides; a chair having side flanges adapted to engage said grooves; a stop-pin for holding the chair in position on said blocks, and clamps bolted to said chair, substantially as setforth.

In" testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. JACOB SCOTT FLEGAL. Witnesses:

P. W. DRAUOKES, ARCHER H. READ. 

